nightmare !

can someone throw any light on why in the Uk, we pay nearly twice as much for everything. I noticed recently that the CS2 Photoshop upgrade is the same price in pounds as it is dollars (vat is £20). Thats getting on for twice as much, even as a download off the same server.

To add insult to injury, ever since realising this fact, I have been having recurring nightmares,

It's my first night in jail, i'm in the showers and this big ugly dude walks in just as I drop the soap, I bend over to pick it up and thats when I wake up in a cold sweat !

can someone throw any light on why in the Uk, we pay nearly twice as much for everything. I noticed recently that the CS2 Photoshop upgrade is the same price in pounds as it is dollars (vat is £20). Thats getting on for twice as much, even as a download off the same server....

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Why do different countries pay different amounts?

I dont know if there is any import duty charged on software but that could be part of the price. Also there will no doubt be costs in selling Adobe products in the UK and these will be high per unit shipped in the UK than the US Id imagine and recouping thatll be part of the price too. Plus they price to a price point and allow for currency fluctuations, whichll be sometimes in their favour sometimes in ours and its the times when its in ours they allow for.

Its not double the price anyway the UK pays ~42% more than the US, the French however do pay around 104% more than the US!

Apple starts with all prices in American dollars and then usually converts the price for other countries depending on exchange rate, shipping costs, etc...

Which is exactly why I used to see MANY British tourists make large Apple purchases will on vacation here in Phoenix. With the pound so much higher than the dollar, it was cheaper for them to buy it here at have it shipped back.

I do hope they remembered to buy a power converter for the desktops though...

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